Nuclear power: threat or menace?

[robkelk]

Would it possible to place or bury spent nuclear fuel at a subduction zone (where a tectonic plate goes under the continental plate - such as off the coast of California or Japan) in armored containers? So that continental drift simply pulls the fuel (eventually) under the continental plate (maybe down to the magma)?

Logan, I seem to recall hearing similar proposals as far back as the 1970s... You may have the right of it as to why it hasn't been done yet.

On the other hand, there's always "shooting it into the sun" as an alternative.

In either case, throwing it away means it can't be recycled for use in the next generation of power plants (whatever those might be and whenever those might appear).
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Rob Kelk
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